British Academy Newton International Fellow, Department of History, Durham University I am a British Academy Newton International Fellow at Durham University, where I am researching a project entitled "Making Fun of the Fascists: Humor Against the Leader Cult in Italy, France, and Germany, 1922–1945." I started working on this project at University College Dublin, where I was an Irish Research Council Government of Ireland Postdoctoral Fellow. This book project is a study of how humor was used as an instrument of political resistance against dictators in Fascist Italy, Nazi Germany, and Vichy France. As a historian of modern Italy, France, and Germany, I explore the history of totalitarianism from below, examining the everyday experience of terror under authoritarian regimes. I was previously a visiting lecturer at the John S. Knight Institute for Writing in the Disciplines at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY, USA. I earned my doctorate in History from Cornell (2021), winning the Messenger-Chalmers Prize for the Best Dissertation on Human Progress & the Evolution of Civilization and publishing in the Journal of Modern Italian Studies, S:I.M.O.N. Shoah: Intervention. Methods. Documentation, and The Space Between: Literature and Culture 1914-1945. I have two Masters of Arts in Contemporary History from the Paris 1 – Panthéon-Sorbonne University (2012 and 2013), an additional diploma from the excellence program of the École normale supérieure in Paris (2015), and a Bachelor of Arts in History from the University of Padua, Italy (2011).
Research Director, Kelley A. Bergstrom Real Estate Center, University of Florida Bill Hughes is Executive Director of Applied Research at the Bergstrom Real Estate Center at the University of Florida's Warrington College of Business. He leads the center's effort to delivering data-driven reports for the real estate community. Most recently, Hughes served for 15 years as Global Head of Real Estate Research and Strategy at UBS. He received his bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering from Georgia Tech and his MBA and Ph.D. in real estate from the University of Georgia.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Psychopharmacology, Swinburne University of Technology Blair Aitken is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Swinburne University of Technology and a member of the International Council on Alcohol, Drugs and Traffic Safety (ICADTS) Special Interest Group for ‘Driver State Monitoring Systems.’ Dr. Aitken’s research investigates the impact of recreational drugs and commonly prescribed medications on cognition, driving performance, and associated ocular behavior. His current work leverages advanced eye-tracking technology to identify novel real-time indicators of drug-induced driving impairment.
Lecturer in Nutrition and Dietetics, School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences, The University of Queensland Dr Brooke Devlin is an Advanced Accredited Practising Dietitian (AdvAPD), Advanced Sports Dietitian (AdvSD) and a Lecturer in Nutrition and Dietetics at the School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences, University of Queensland. Dr Devlin holds qualifications in exercise science (BExSci), nutrition and dietetics (MNutrDiet) and completed a PhD in Sports Nutrition at La Trobe University, Melbourne. Her current research interests include diet and exercise interventions to optimise blood glucose control and metabolic health including chrono-nutrition and time-restricted eating. In addition to this, Dr Devlin continues to have an interest and ongoing research in sports nutrition, focusing on nutrition knowledge and dietary behaviours of athletes.
Assistant Professor of Finance, Binghamton University, State University of New York Brad Cannon is an Assistant Professor of Finance at Binghamton University. Prior to joining Binghamton, Brad was a Visiting Assistant Professor at Brigham Young University. Brad earned his Ph.D. in Finance at The Ohio State University. He earned his M.S. in Financial Economics and his B.S. in Finance and Economics from Utah State University. Brad's primary research interests are in behavioral finance and household finance.
Professor of Political Science, Australian National University Benjamin E. Goldsmith is a Professor at the Australian National University. His research and teaching are in the areas of international relations, comparative foreign policy, and atrocity forecasting. His articles have appeared in leading academic journals including Comparative Political Studies, Journal of Conflict Resolution, Journal of Politics, and World Politics.
